0 to take legal action against a person or organization, especially by making a legal claim for money because of some harm that they have caused you: --
She sued the paper for (= in order to get) damages after they wrongly described her as a prostitute.
He was so furious about the accusations in the letter that he threatened to sue.
1 to take legal action against a person or organization, esp. by making a legal claim for money because of some harm that the person or organization has caused you: --
2 to take legal action against a person or an organization, especially by asking in court for them to pay you money because of harm that they have caused you: --
It explains both why the plaintiff sues the defendant-rather than someone else-and why the defendant is liable to the plaintiff-rather than to someone else.
Let him sue; he won't have a chance.
However, it is possible that men's marital and occupational status did have an impact on their ability to sue in the university courts.
The number of people who sue despite having negative-expected-value suits depends on their expectations as to how much defendant will offer.
By contrast a defendant has been sued and it is virtually costless for the defendant to plead a negative-expected-value defense.
Nowadays, by contrast, anyone who tried too assiduously to follow such advice might well find himself sued for breach of copyright.
Finally, wrongful life suits permit children to sue their parents for callous or negligent creation, whereas, their counterparts focus only upon medical misfeasance.
The fact that she sued and the magistrate took up her case suggests that she could have won the case under other circumstances.
